I've received
some wonderful emails from people who have sent me
updates about sessions in their area. I really appreciate
this.
I can't keep up with everything everywhere.
I encourage musicians to contact me with details about sessions they
attend.

Also, before you go to a session, please confirm that it still
exists as posted.

Bellingen NSW - A small town on the mid-north coast of NSW, 10k
inland and renown for a strong alternate presence. We have had
a session here for nearly five years. For the past few years
it has been an outdoors session, every Saturday morning (from about
10.30 a.m. onward) at a table near several coffee shops in Church
Street. Visitors very welcome.

Brisbane,
Queensland. The
Stadium Bar, 25 Caxton street, Petrie Terrace. Every Saturday, 2-6
p. m: Songs, tunes, and great fun. All players and lovers of music
welcome. Acoustic instruments only. The session hangs towards the
folk side, but all acoustic music is welcome. Contact: Don
+61437332871.

Coffs Harbour NSW - A major coastal town 20k north of Bellingen.
A session has been going for about a year on the first Friday of the
month at the Coffs Harbour Hotel, City Center, Coffs Harbour.
Starts about 6.30 p.m. and finishes around midnight. Contact: John
May or Margo Burl.

Perth,
Irish Club
Sessions. 61 Townshend Rd.., Subiaco, West Australia. Every
Monday, except public holidays, 9.30 p.m., hosted by the local
Comhaltas, but all are welcome. Comhaltas holds classes before that
from 8-9 p.m. The standard is intermediate to advanced, depending on
the turn-out. Contact:
Donough O'Donovan
or call +61 8 9381 5213
irish1@irishclubofwa.com.au

Folk
Night every Wednesday night 9- 11:30 p.m. and features two sets
by a solo performer or group. During the break amateurs and
professionals from the audience get up on stage to play tunes, sing
songs, recite or contribute in their own unique way.

Arnprior,
Ceilidh House, 51 John St. North, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Musicians
at all levels are welcome though it will be a fast paced session
most nights. Come to play or just to listen. Directions to the
Ceilidh House, Arnprior, from Almonte (about 30 minutes): Take
Regional Road 29 (Hwy. 15) north to Arnprior. Just after it goes
over the 417, it ends at Madawaska St. There is a Ford
Dealership there. Turn left on Madawaska St. and follow it into the
downtown core. At John St. turn left, and up 2 blocks you will find
the the Ceilidh House is on your left. (613) 623-9134.

Brockville, second Friday of the month. Information:
Roma Simpson
for location and directions, or call (613) 345 - 3275.

Hamilton,
Slainte, 33
Bowen Street, Saturday, 4 p.m. (905) 528-8000.
This is a fun session, suitable for anyone who is willing to
sit out if they don't really know a tune and can't pick it
up fast. Host: Paul Gitlitz.

Osgoode, Coffee and Jam Session,
Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Main Street, second floor, second and
fourth Wednesday each mouth - September to May, 1 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Contact: John Miller (613) 826-1210john.haz@sympatico.ca

Osgoode,
The Swan On The Rideau
Pub, at the junction of River
Road and Roger Stevens Drive, first Wednesday of every
month, 8 p.m., open
Irish/Celtic session; Friendly, relaxed session. Generally no sheet
music. Free and guests are welcome. Contact John Henderson (613)
489-0773.

When - Friday, 7:30- 9:30 p.m.,
once a monthWe are using the three volumes of
Gordon Stobbe's Canadian Old-Time
Fiddle Hits: http://www.fiddlebooks.com/

Mixed instruments: fiddle, guitar,
bodhran, piano, banjo, spoons....

Jam led by Randy Foster or Graham
Sheppard (fiddle)

Where - Roy Hobbs Community
Center

109 Larch Crescent, Orleans

Corner of Champlain St. and Larch Crescent, Orleans

Directions from Ottawa: Take the
417 East. At the fork (the road splits
Montreal/Cornwall and Rockland/Orleans), take a
left onto Highway 174 (formerly the 17):
direction Orleans/Rockland (not Montreal, which
is to the right). Continue
to the Exit for the Orleans Shopping
Centre/Champlain exit Go right and at
the fork take the exit that goes straight (not
the one to the left). Continue to Champlain
Street. Turn left at Champlain (north) and
go almost all the way to the river to Larch
Crescent (one minute).

·
New Time 1:00 pmOnce-a-month Sunday Session at Brigid’s Well
PubLooking to experience the beauty and
history of Traditional Irish
Music in
an authentic setting?

Our
once-a-month Sunday Session at Saint Brigid’s for the upcoming fall
and winter 2019 season
hosted by FRANK CASSIDY.

Playing with other musicians can be extremely
satisfying and fun. It's also one of the most effective ways to
become a better musician - it can feel a bit daunting to find
musicians, jam buddies or band members in your area. You might think
‘I don’t know any musicians’ or ‘I’m not good enough’.

We
start with a 1-hour slow session for beginners or
those of us learning
a new instrument or
for those who just want to explore playing a reel or jig etc. at a
slower pace than normal.

We finish off the afternoon with a regular
session for approx.. 1 ½ hour.

We believe players of Irish Traditional Music
at all levels will enjoy the music and associated conversation at
this session.

Please feel free to invite any friends who
might be interested and are not on the list, and of course those who
might enjoy a

Open
jam session for instrumental fiddle music. Group of all musicians
plays, as well as individual fiddlers sign up to play several solo
tunes; accompanists are welcome. House accompanists always
available. No admission, but donations are gratefully accepted at
the door. (905) 684-0043

Toronto,
Tranzac Club , 292 Brunswick, south of Bloor, blocks west of
Spadina, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, September to June, 8:30
p.m. Regular Comhaltas Ceoltori Eireann session, so Irish music is
de rigueur. Intermediate players and more supportive of beginners
than some other sessions. Pace is moderate, (416) 923-8137.

Toronto, The Victory Cafe, 581 Markham, south of Bloor (just
Southwest of the Bathurst Subway station, south of Honest Ed's,
Thursday, usually 8:30 p.m. but sometimes doesn't start until 10
p.m.. Its not quite a 'slow jam', but not breakneck speed either.
Mostly Irish, but also Cape Breton, Old Time, French Canadian, (416)
516-5787.

Montreal,
Cafe Vices et Versa, 6631 Boulevard St-Laurent, Tuesday, 9 p.m. - 12
a.m.
September - May. No session during the summer.
The ultimate Quebecois session hosted by Veronique Plasse and Jean
Derochers, the music can be fast and furious with world class
musicians. If you know what you're doing, this session is a blast.
Feet certainly count as an instrument here with step dancers taking
the center on occasion.(514)
272-2498.

Montreal,
Fiddlers Green Pub,1224 Rue
Bishop, just south of Ste Catherine, next to the Irish Embassy Pub,
Wednesday,8-11 p.m.
For those who enjoy a more informal atmosphere. Everyone welcome,
any level. Songs are also welcome. Some nights there maybe 15
- 20 musicians.

Montreal,
Old Orchard Pub, 20 rue Prince Arthur, Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Slow
Session, (514) 845-7772.
While some of us have been playing for years, there are often people
who have only been playing a few months. Don't worry about starting
off a tune slowly or one that you might not be able to play all the
way through. There is always someone who will join in to help you
out.

East London, Stratford, The Chevy Chase, The Grove, 11 Leytonstone Road, Thursday, 9 p.m., London
E15, just opposite Maryland Station. This is the musicians who
formerly played in the Princess of Wales, (020 8534 1086).

East London, Comhaltas Seisiún,
usually held on the 3rd Thursday of the month in St. Cedds Parish
Centre, Goodmayes; and the 4th Friday of the month at Harringey
Irish Centre, Tottenham. Enquiries: Owen Condon, tel. 07957
563 578.

Sunday dinners
served all day in the Library, bar open, Set Dancing in the
McNamara Hall, Ballroom Dancing in the Presidential Suite.

Families welcome.

London,
Sundays, The Kilburn Pub and Kitchen, 307 Kilburn High Road,
(opposite Nando's - Tricycle Theatre end of the High Road). The
nearest tube station is Kilburn (Jubilee line), and the nearest
British Rail station is Brondesbury, plus there are plenty of buses
from the centre of town. 8.30 p.m. from the 3rd April onwards.
The session is hosted by Karen Ryan and Pete Quinn (of The London
Lasses and PQ).

Morden,
Ganley's, opposite the underground station, Sunday afternoon. This
is a new pub.

Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, Coalbrookdale Inn, near Ironbridge,
Shropshire, third Sunday monthly [except August usually, but
ring Dave to check]. Starts about 8:15 p.m. Mainly
English music, plus a few Irish/Scots/ with occasional songs.
Organized by Dave Hunt... Beginners always welcome. A 'quality'
session in a wonderful pub... Winner of CAMRA national Pub of
the Year in '95, runner up in '96... always seven beers on hand
pump, and they've had over two thousand different beers in the last
ten years. Contact:
Dave Hunt 01952-505073.

Jackfield,
Shropshire, The Boat Inn, Thursday 8 p.m. until late.
Wall-to-wall Irish music session - to get a seat you have to bring
an instrument. Lots of encouragement for beginners. Sessions
organized by Jackfield (Telford) Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí
Éireann. Contact: Fliss Burke felicityburke@hotmail.com

West Wales, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Tuesday from 8 p.m. at
The Royal Oak, session for all comers and all types of music and
song. Everything from Irish fiddle to the occasional Welsh harp:
guitar, mandolin, penny whistle, flute, Welsh pipes (bagpipes),
accordion, concertina, bouzouki, zither. Contact:
Janet Bott or
www.pembrokeshire-folk-music.co.uk

Wellington, Molly Malone's, corner of Taranaki St. and Courtney
Place, Monday nights, 8:30 p.m. Drinks for musicians (until
the tab runs out). Irish with a hint of Scottish and English, also
some singing at the punters' request. Contact:
David Barnes

Stockholm,
Sheehans Irish Pub, Sveavagen 37, every 1st and 3rd Sunday, 7
p.m. Open mic – all welcome. Bring your instruments and play along
to some traditional Irish music or some good 'ol rock'n roll. +46 8
21 41 06

DIRECTIONS: From Temecula or points south, go north to 215
north. Exit at Highway 74 east. Make a left off freeway
& go about 1 1/2-2 miles. You'll see a big barn on the left
side of the road. Plenty of parking. From Riverside take
the 215 south to Highway 74 east. Go 1 1/2-2 miles down 74
until you see the barn on your left.

Bloomington, The Irish Lion,
212 W. Kirkwood, first block West of the town square on the north
side of Kirkwood Ave., upstairs, Sunday, 7 p.m., (309) 336-9076.
Phone to confirm. Food, kids welcome, smoking allowed.

Olathe,
Borders Books, 15350 W 119th St.,
(just off I-35 at
119th Street exit (North and South). The cross street is Strangline
(just east of the off-ramps at the next light). When you get there
turn left and then right immediately, then look left at about 150
feet and you will see Borders next to Famous Footwear. First and
third Sundays of the month. Coffee and soft drinks will be provided
by Borders, Contact: Mike Dugger - (888) 300-7826.
mdugger@swbell.net

Cambridge,
Boston Scottish Fiddle Club, Cambridge Multicultural Arts
Center, 41 Second St. (one block from the Lechmere T stop, Green
line, street parking & some parking at the nearby Courthouse lot.
Contact:
mlamey@caregroup.harvard.edu
or call: (617) 338-8637. During the Fiddle Club season, October-
June, we get together on the 2nd Sunday each month.

Fall River. Saint James' Pub, 91 Purchase St., Wednesday. 8:30 - 11
p.m., Acoustic, intermediate session, Tel. (508) 672-6951.
Directions off 195:
Coming from West: second exit on Fall River side of Braga
Bridge (marked "6-7"). Exit 7 (left fork) is Plymouth St.
Take left at bottom of ramp then left at third light
(Bedford St - Duncan Donuts on one corner and Wendy's
on the other). Stay on Bedford past firehouse (on left)
to Purchase St. Take right and pub is on next block
just past the stop sign.

Coming from East: take exit 7 (Pleasant St) and then
first very quick left (Seventh St, diagonally across
from exit). Take left at stop sign (Bedford St). Rest
of instructions as above.
Generally, tunes are not played slow, a series of tunes will be
played together rather than a single tune, the session leader picks
the tunes (with nods to good players in the circle), and keep to
traditional instruments, i.e. fiddle, Irish harp, guitar, bouzouki,
mandolin, flute, whistle and bodhran. Contact: Bill Black, (508)
540-5324, email: zouki@aol.com

Watertown,
Ceol Traidisiunta na h'Eireann, The AOH Hibernian Hall,
151 Watertown Street, (Rte 16). Slow session 2:30 - 4 p.m.
on third Sunday of the month hosted by the President of Ceol
Trad (Frank Bane), the monthly ceili follows and musicians may
play for the ceili. Ends about 8 p.m.

Watertown, Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, The Canadian American
Hall, 2020 Arlington Street. First and third Sundays of
the month. Slow session at 3-4 p.m., ceili follows.
Musicians may stay to play for the ceili. Ends about
8-8:30 p.m. Larry Reynolds is the Chairman of this organization
branch. Slow session sometimes runs itself or Tara Lynch
leads it off.

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Columbia,
Cherry
Street Artisan, Downtown.
southwest corner of 9th and Cherry Streets, in the basement of the
newly renovated City Centre,
2nd Thursday every month, 7:30 - 10 p.m. Set and ceili dancers,
please join us for a set. Smoke-free, no cover.

Columbia, Irish "slow jam,"
Wednesday, 7:30 to 9 p.m. - sessions for beginners (ongoing)
Are you just learning to play Irish tunes, or maybe you've been
thinking it would be a fun thing to do? If you'd like to receive
announcements every week about where we'll be meeting and what tunes
we're working on, contact
Vickie Rightmyre

Eastern Missouri, Irish "Slow Jam" music sessions for beginners,
Wednesday, 7:30 - 9 p.m. Are you just learning to play Irish tunes,
or maybe you've been thinking it would be a fun thing to do? Join us
for the beginners "Slow Jam" session. If you'd like to receive
announcements every week about where we'll be meeting and what tunes
we're working on, contact
Sherry: or phone (573) 449-1570.

Audubon, The
Treehouse Coffee Shop, 120 W. Merchant Street.
Thursday night, 8-10 p.m.
1st and 3rd Thursdays are "tunes" only sessions. 2nd & 4th Thursdays
are tunes and songs. 1st Thursday is a regular session, all other
days are done "round robin." Newcomers are welcome. Be sure to get
there a little early in order to get a seat, (856) 547 3270. Hosts: Kathy
DeAngelo and Dennis Gormley.

Kingston,
the Senate House State Historic site, lunchtime outdoor session,
Wednesday, 12-1. It's not strictly Irish, although a lot of
Irish music gets played. Anyone is welcome. Usually a
beginner's group. Contact:
Bob Lusk

NYC, Flannery's, 205 West 14th St., between 7th and 8th Ave., Paddy
Ward (flute player) will be leading the Monday session at 9 p.m.

NYC,
Irish Arts Center summer session in Central Park, Wednesday
nights 6:30 p.m., east end of Turtle Pond, which is east of the
Delacorte theatre. This is mid-park (a little closer to the East
Side) and 80th St. level. (It's the West 79th St. subway stop, or
enter slightly south of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the East
side.)

Poughkeepsie, The Plough and the Stars Pub and Restaurant, Route 55
East (748 Freedom Plains Road) LaGrangeville, N.Y. , 2nd and
4th Tuesdays, November 13, 2001, 7 p.m. Directions:
From North/South: Taconic Pkwy to Route 55 towards Poughkeepsie
approximately 3 miles on left. From the West: 44/55 through
Poughkeepsie, to split of 44/55, bear right on Route 55
approximately 5 miles on right. Chris Wood 845-471-7400.

Woodstock,
New World Home Cooking
(back music room), Rt. 212 between
Saugerties and Woodstock. First monthly Old-Time Music Jam Session
near Woodstock. Music hosted by us (Jay & Molly). Wednesday,
December 1st, 7:30 p.m. (We plan to do this
monthly, on first Wednesdays).

Clintonville,
Clintonville Community Market session, 200 Crestview Rd.,
meeting room upstairs from
the market, fourth Friday
of every month, 9 p.m. -12 a.m., (corner of Crestview and
Calumet), east of High St. meeting room upstairs from the
market itself.

Portland,
Irish Traditional Music Session,
County Cork Irish Public House, 1329 NE Fremont
Saturday, 6 p.m., (503) 284-4805. Musicians get free pop and
munchies. Patrons get free music and can enjoy a variety of
delicious items from the County Cork menu. The County Cork pub is
Smoke-Free.

Carnegie,
The Pour House, 215
E. Main Street , Thursday nights, 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.,
old-time music jam. You can often find accordion
players here (though they may be disguised as banjo
players). There are usually 2 or 3 excellent fiddlers (some
have recorded), a banjo or two, guitars, and a bass.
Clogging is also allowed, (412) 279-0770.

Pittsburgh,
The Steeltown
Session is an "open" session and anyone who plays Irish traditional
music is welcome, although it is requested that a traditional
instrument be played. This would include Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin,
Flute, Whistle, Concertina/Button Box Bodhran, etc. (Bongos,
Glockenspiels, Sousaphones, Theremins and Hurdy Gurdys are generally
frowned upon and met with disdain).

Providence, Patrick's Pub, Smith St., Tuesdays 8 to 11 p.m.,
Acoustic session, phone (401) 751-1553. Directions from south: I-95
to exit 23 ("State Offices"). Right at top of ramp onto Orms St,
bear to left at junction, then right at first light (Smith Street).
Pub is about a block down on your right side. Park on street.
Contact: Bill Black, (508) 540-5324, email: zouki@aol.com

South Pittsburgh. In a little courtyard on Cedar Ave. (the main
street thru town). Open jam session, first Friday night of each
month, 7 p.m. Beginners or anyone else would be welcome. There
is a stage in the courtyard, and Opera House Music provides sound.
There are a couple of bands (bluegrass and/or old time) that will
perform, and then it turns into a jam session, but there is plenty
of picking going on the sidewalks & around the corner. There are
several other weekly jams in this area where TN, AL, GA all meet.
Contact:.
RTowns4161@aol.com

White
River Junction, The Tip Top
Cafe, 85 N. Main St. (as you come into town from route 91,
watch for it on the left), the first and third Tuesdays of the
month, 6:30-9:30 p.m., kid-friendly but not smoke-friendly.

Piedmont Virginia Fiddle & Banjo Association,
Beaver Dam Baptist Church,
Bluegrass & Old-Time Jam, 1st Mondays, 7:30 p.m., 10 miles east of Charlottesville, on
Rt. 250.A large number of bluegrass musicians,
mostly from east of Charlottesville and Richmond, gather to
play from the bluegrass, old-time, and country repertoires.
You can find small groups of musicians jamming all over the
first floor and basement of the church, both during and
after the main performance on the church stage. Be prepared
to play a solo, as each musician is expected to take a turn
alone (a "break") during each song.

Charlottesville, Shebeen Restaurant,Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
A traditional Irish Session: we play the session repertoire
that is used all over the East Coast. Even as a
complete beginner, you would certainly recognize a number of
these tunes. We also like to add in new tunes learned from
CDs, players' own compositions, a little Old-time, and lots
of contra dance tunes. Our audience is made up of people who
come into the Shebeen for a late Sunday lunch. General
session-playing rules: each tune gets played through 3
times, and no sheet music in sight, although both rules get
broken occasionally. Also, no talking during a solo. Our
goal is to have lots of fun, laugh a lot, maybe learn a new
song, meet new friends, and get a thrill out of playing
great music. Draft beers $2.50.

Charlottesville, South St. Brewery,
600 College Drive, Sunday 5-7
p.m.

Charlottesville,
University Baptist Church (basement - Fellowship Hall), 1223 West Main Street (beside the Red Roof Inn),
3rd Mondays and 4th (or last) Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m., Old-Time jam,
(434) 293-5106.
Beginners are very welcome. So are
professionals. Parking in the church lot and use the side entrance.
A donation basket is passed around.

Olympia,
O'Blarney's Irish Pub, 4411 Martin Way E., Tuesday, 7:30-9:30
p.m.
360-459-8084. Intermediate to advanced (better know tunes by
ear as no one calls them and the pace can be frantic). Rick:
mraric06@gmail.com

Madison,
Froth House, 11 N. Allen Street (near West High School, around
the corner from the Regent St. Market), (608)-231-0100,
intermediate session is held
on the second Sunday of each month, new summer 2009 time
12-2 p.m. Contact: Craig Heilman (608) 424-6877,
cma@celticmadison.org